TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT 95 



apparatus of the Park and the Hg-hting system, and to keep in 

 repair our auto trucks, this work is being done out of the Im- 

 provement and Repair Fund, the same as last year. 



Boiler' Repairs. 

 A large portion of the expense of the repairs to our heat- 

 ing and water supply in the various buildings was paid for by 

 this fund for the same reason. 



SUMMARY. 



The outlook for again placing our buildings and installa- 

 tions in good condition is very much brighter than any time in 

 the last five years, all due however to the diversion of the gate 

 receipts from their prescribed purpose — the purchase of animals. 

 I believe that with sufficient appropriations for the next three 

 years, we can again place our Park and its installations on a 

 proper basis, but to accomplish this some special funds for im- 

 provements and repairs must come from the City. 



The water supply continues to be inadequate in many sec- 

 tions of the Park, owing to the corrosion of the old wrought iron 

 pipes, and all these pipes must be renewed, section by section, 

 until it has all been done. This of course involves considerable 

 expenditures. 



The brickwork on some of the older buildings, especially 

 such exposed places as under the cages and on smokestacks, 

 needs to be relaid. Many shingle roofs must be replaced with 

 some more durable roofing material. The miles of fences that 

 are subject to attack by animals as well as by rust, will need 

 continuous repairs and replacements, but the strenuous work of 

 the last two years is showing good results. 



DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND PUBLICATION. 



Elwix R. Saxborx, Editor and Photographer; 

 Annie Nkwman, Assistant. 



Photography. — The photographic work during the year cov- 

 ered the following subjects: Mammals — Polar, Alaskan brown, 

 American black, cinnamon, Thibet and silver-tip grizzly bears; 

 timber wolf, American badger, fisher, ratel or honey badger, rac- 

 coon and Indian jackal; African elephant, pygmy hippopotamus 



